scooter
pronunciation
How to pronounce scooter in British English:
UK [ˈsku:tə(r)]
How to pronounce scooter in American English:
US [ˈskutɚ]
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- Noun:
- a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
- child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
- a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel
- a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
- large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
Word Origin
- scooter (n.)
- 1825, "one who goes quickly," agent noun from scoot (v.). Also in 19c. a type of plow and a syringe. As a child's toy, from 1919 (but the reference indicates earlier use), as short for motor scooter from 1917.
Example
- 1. If you believed the early hype , dean kamen 's novel electric personal scooter would revolutionize the transportation industry .
- 2. But I 've never found wheelspin a problem on any scooter , including much more powerful ones than the x10 .
- 3. Yamaha 's new concept electric scooter , the ec-1 , is part of a company strategy to move beyond its core market of motorcycle fans with fun , personal vehicles .
- 4. Paul hutton , 40 , was pulled over by police as he drove an electric barbie car , which moves slower than a mobility scooter , near his home in essex .
- 5. The invention for which mr kamen is best known is the segway transporter , a gloriously over-engineered stand-up scooter that had the misfortune to emerge just after the dotcom crash in 2001 , just as the disillusioned technology industry was looking for the next big thing .